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>> and by 1984, an up and coming pop singer, obviously madonna, making her debut on bandstand. dick cavett joins us on the phone. dick, thank you so much for joining us. we also have california congress map david dreyer. first to you, dick. you appeared i think more than 80 times on the pyramid shows. i want to show a brief exchange of you of course with dick character. >> you realize you're the first person in 13 years this show has been on the air ever thought to transmit code with their eyelids? >> that and he how i've been winning all these years. >> i think we might detect it. >> dick, i ...

Title president obama should wear with pride. thanks again to ari, se, alice and casey. that's all for now. i'll see you back here tomorrow at noon eastern when i'm joined by charlie crist. andrew a mitchell reports is next. thanks so very much. and coming up next, the obamas versus the romneys. who is more popular? results from our new poll. and in the daily fix with chuck todd. and we'll remember dick character with another tv icon, dick cavett. and a look inside the most exclusive sclub in tclub in thee president's club. michael duffy and nancy gives here to talk about their new book next...

Possible. >> reporter: dick character was born richard wag staff clark in 1929 in mount verb vernon, new york. his moem a homemaker, his father owned a chain of radio stations. and after graduating from syracuse university, he got a job in radio, too. and music was his passion. >> music underscores everything that happens to you. the good such and bad stuff. music really is one of the tree most important things in our lives. >> reporter: in philadelphia, in 1956, clark took over a popular local teen music and dance she. and quickly turned it into a national sensation. american band stand launc...

>> it was a long hard fight. my speech is into the perfect, but i'm getting this there. you and i have been a part of each other for so many new year's eves. that i wouldn't have missed this for the world. >> reporter: after that, he didn't miss a new year's in new york co-hosting with ryan seacrest. >> dick, you've done this for the last 40 years. please take it away. count us down it tgown to the n. >> and now the big moment we've been waiting for. five, four, three, two, one -- happy new year! >> clark then said gr good-bye to his loyal audience one more time. >> all that energy, all those ...